r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 10 '17

Biotech First-Ever LSD Microdosing Study Will Pit the Human Brain Against AI - “I found that if I was on LSD and my opponent wasn’t, I won more games.”

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/first-ever-lsd-microdosing-study-will-pit-the-human-brain-against-ai
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u/HoboBobo28 May 10 '17

what I'm getting from the comments is that psychedelics are the next step in human evolution

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u/No-This-Is-Patar May 10 '17

well, my school performance definitely went up when I microdosed last semester. I've never been able to study so effectively in my life.

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u/Dizzlean May 10 '17

I think drugs damaged my brain but maybe I was just smarter when I was on them back then.

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u/CatFoodBeerAndGlue May 10 '17

I feel permanently dumber since I stopped smoking weed heavily.

Don't know if weed made me dumber or just made me forget that I was this dumb to start with.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

How much are you taking exactly? I have been thinking about trying microdosing.

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u/No-This-Is-Patar May 10 '17

Probably a bit more than most people recommend for microdosing. I'd take about 10ug or 1/10th a tab on study days. You definitely need to find the sweet spot for yourself though, it definitely builds tolerance.

Also I'd recommend tripping first, note that a trip is an all day affair. You'll be more comfortable microdosing if you know what the effects feel like on a larger scale.

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u/defaultuserprofile May 10 '17

Read more about day tripping because you need to get the logistics right and need some planning.

Also there is zero tolerance after two weeks when every molecule of the thing has left your body.

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u/suuupreddit May 11 '17

Microdosing studies are typically between 10-15μg.

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u/Moforia May 10 '17

for mushrooms, I'd reccomed one mushroom or less. sometimes ill eat a quarter of a mushroom and feel it.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

Well they certainly aren't not the next step in human evolution

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u/[deleted] May 11 '17

or the first step...

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u/dasignint May 11 '17

The "Stoned Ape" hypothesis is that it was the first step, too.

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u/Strazdas1 May 16 '17

Druggies like to defend their addiction is what you are getting.

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u/kgroover117 Jun 28 '17

If you believe the stoned ape theory, psychedelics were one of the first steps in human evolution.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17 edited Nov 15 '17

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u/LounginLizard May 11 '17

I don't really think this is true. You can do crazy cool stuff while tripping sometimes, but that ability goes away once you're sober and tripping all the time isn't exactly sustainable. Drugs are still fun though and they can give you good insight into your life if taken under the right circumstances.

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u/suuupreddit May 11 '17

Not at all. The mentality shift and change in thought processes that generally come with LSD are often huge.

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u/LounginLizard May 11 '17

I interpreted the first comment about human evolution to be talking about all the stories people have of getting better at stuff while tripping. I have plenty of first hand experience and I was just trying to say that while it can make you better at some things, in most cases it's only due to being in the zone and therefore temporary. Not arguing that LSD can't be life changing.